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. 2021 Apr 23;100(16):e25297. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000025297

Table 6.

Mammographic features of the papillary lesions.

Feature BENIGN MALIGNANT ATYPICAL P value
Mass lesion (%) <.01
 present 17 (32.7) 18 (78.3) 2 (100)
 absent 35 (67.3) 5 (21.7) 0
Shape (%) .20
 Oval 4 (20) 3 (18.8) 0
 Round 4 (20) 0 1 (50)
 Irregular 12 (60) 13 (81.2) 1 (50)
Margins (%) .34
 Circumscribed 6 (30) 2 (12.5) 1 (50)
 Indistinct 10 (50) 5 (31.2) 1 (50)
 Microlobulated 1 (5) 3 (18.8) 0
 Spiculated 3 (15) 6 (37.5) 0
Mass density (%) .13
 Low 0 0 0
 Equal 8 (44.4) 2 (13.3) 1 (50)
 High 10 (55.6) 13 (86.7) 1 (50)
Mass calcification (%) .15
 Benign 6 (30) 3 (18.8) 2 (100)
 Suspicious 4 (20) 6 (37.5) 0
 Absent 10 (50) 7 (43.7) 0
Asymmetric density (%) .03
 present 3 (9.7) 8 (40) 0
 absent 28 (90.3) 12 (60) 2 (100)
Architectural distortion (%) .05
 present 1 (3.3) 2 (10.5) 1 (50)
 absent 29 (96.7) 17 (89.5) 1 (50)
Density .38
 A 10 (20) 3 (14.3) 1 (50)
 B 24 (48) 12 (57.1) 0
 C 10 (20) 6 (28.6) 1 (50)
 D 6 (12) 0 0